Padres pleased with Freisleben faith pays off in win
Padres rookie Freisleben returned from the minors and threw a six hitter for a 2-0 victory over the Dodgers ending their six game win streak. Manager McNamara praised his maturity and God given talent while Doug Rader and Willie Davis drove in the Padres runs. In other NL action, Philadelphia beat New York 7-1, San Francisco defeated Houston 5-1, and Montreal edged Pittsburgh 4-2.
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Major League Standings and Tuesday Games Summary
Standings show Boston 3 Detroit 0, Cleveland 4 Baltimore 0, New York 5 Minn 2, Kaw City 14 Tex 11, Chicago 5 Calif 3, Oakland 12 Minn 7. Tuesday night games list Detroit at Boston and Cleveland at Baltimore, both at 7 30 p.m. EDT with pitchers Bare Tiant Dobson Palmer listed.
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LeFlore Streak Stays Alive As Tigers Fall
Ron LeFlore extends the American League’s longest hitting streak with 26 straight games, despite Detroit's 3-0 loss to Boston. LeFlore insists the streak isn’t his focus, praising good pitches and avoiding bad ones while Rick Wise limits Detroit to two hits. Other AL games saw Eckersley and Thomas combine on a one-hitter for Cleveland, KC out-slug Texas, New York over Milwaukee, Chicago over California, and Oakland past Minnesota.
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Ali Defeats Dunn In Fifth Round Technical KO
Muhammad Ali delivered a decisive fifth round TKO of Richard Dunn in Munich to erase a recent poor display at Landover. Referee Herbert Thomser halted the scheduled 15 rounds at 2:05 of the fifth, ending the European and British champion's bid for an upset.
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